Mr Thomas Tomlinson > Bracewell LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Thomas Tomlinson
Work Department
Energy
Position
Tom Tomlinson has spent his career working on energy transactions with a particular focus on the financing, development, acquisition and divestiture of traditional and renewable energy projects. As chair of the firm’s Project Finance practice, he regularly counsels and assists energy-sector investors, sponsors and lenders regarding the development, financing, acquisition and divestiture of power generation facilities, upstream and midstream oil and gas projects, refineries and petrochemical facilities, pipelines, gathering and storage facilities, wind and solar facilities and other energy projects. Tom’s deep understanding of the energy industry has been gained over decades of experience helping to structure and successfully navigate a wide variety of transactions in the sector. His goal on any engagement is to leverage that knowledge and the use of project and structured finance techniques to assist clients in maximizing the credit potential and value for the subject assets.
Education
J.D., cum laude, The University of Texas School of Law, 1995; B.A., with honors, Williams College, 1992.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Project finance
With a strong focus on the energy and infrastructure space, Bracewell LLP advises on a range of sophisticated financing structures relating to large-scale conventional and renewable projects across the United States and beyond, working for a roster of best-in-class energy players as well as multinational investment banks and financial services institutions. The team also demonstrates wider capabilities in negotiating and drafting a swathe of commercial documents as well as acting as tax counsel on renewable energy builds. Alan Rafte and Thomas Tomlinson co-lead the practice out of Houston and are routinely engaged with energy industry companies and private equity outfits, with the latter particularly noted for his extensive understanding of the oil, gas and hydrocarbons, and has been a chief lead on carbon capture facilities and natural gas conversion projects. New York’s Nicolai Sarad spearheads the firm’s infrastructure offering and works with sponsors, lenders and pubic agencies on PPPs pertaining to aviation, transport and social infrastructure, often advising in Latin America. Jeris Diana Brunette, who also operates out of New York, has been active on a number of debt financings for combined cycle power plants and LNG projects over the past twelve months, and is joined in Manhattan by Fernando Rodriguez Marin who is another key infrastructure name and who has a deep PPP understanding.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense